last month, connecticut police investigated threatening facebook posts and bullying can devastate. just days ago a 15-year-old took her own life. the stories are new but bullying is not. assembly member faced as a child. did your school keep you safe? >> my school, no. i felt that i was alone in this. >> reporter: is it safe now? are we doing enough now? >> i would say, i don't think we're doing enough. >> reporter: since 1999, 10 state laws about discrimination and bullying passed. two went into effect in july. one those laws provides a paper trail. we sifted through hundreds of federal discrimination compliant and struggled to find any that dealt directly with bullying. the state says you will not find any in its uniform complaint system either. that's because bullying wasn't included. educators still advise people to go to teenagers first. >> this law has the claw that's requires teachers to intervene when they witness act of bullying. >> reporter: for at first time ever, a $400,000 school audit is under way. >> i want to see what's in place. to see if the teachers know what the